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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Anderson, J.,     Portrait male -- Pearce, James     Portrait male -- Standifird, John     Occupation -- Other     Occupation -- Religion     History -- United States     Architecture -- Vehicle     Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Taylor     Stele     Sculpture

(Town Founders), (sculpture). Artist:  Anderson, J., sculptor. Title:  (Town Founders), (sculpture). Dates:  1978. Relocated ca. 1986-1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze and granite; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 5 in. x 10.5 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 8 ft. x D. 5 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on right:) TAYLOR FOUNDER/JAMES PEARCE/6 MAR 1839-17 FEB 1922/ARRIVED 23 JAN 1878 WITH/WIFE MARY JANE WEEKS AND/OUR CHILDREN. MISSIONARY,/INTERPRETER, COLONIZER/CHARITABLE PEACE MAKER/HIS WORD WAS HIS BOND (On plaque on left:) TAYLOR FIRST BISHOP/JOHN STANDIFIRD/21 JUNE 1831-24 NOV 1924/ARRIVED 7 MAR 1878 WITH/DAUGHTER ANN. FATHER OF/TWENTY THREE FROM TWO WIVES/OBEDIENT TO THE PROPHETS/CALL TO COLONIZE. INVENTOR/BUILDER OF TEMPLES, HOMES/CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS. unsigned Description:  An upright granite slab with two busts on top of it. The busts represent James Pearce and John Standifird. Attached to front are two bronze plaques with inscriptions and between them is a bronze bas-relief plaque showing a covered wagon, a man and a woman in pioneer dress and a male child in the back of the wagon. Subject:  Portrait male -- Pearce, James -- Bust Portrait male -- Standifird, John -- Bust Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Occupation -- Religion -- Missionary History -- United States -- Arizona Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Taylor Stele Sculpture Owner:  Taylor Arizona Stake Center, 309 West Willow Lane, Taylor, Arizona 85939 Provenance:  Formerly located Old Taylor Stake Building, 400 East block of Center Street, Taylor, Arizona until ca. 1986-1987. Remarks:  Sculpture commemorates the pioneer families arrived Taylor during its first eight years. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS AZ000408   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AZ000408 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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